In re the Adoption of Pollock

Tom Glaze, Justice.

In this appeal, this court is presented its first opportunity to interpret Arkansas’s Revised Uniform Adoption Act [Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 56-201 — 221 (Supp. 1985)] to determine whether, under that Act, this state’s probate courts are empowered to grant an adoption when neither the adopting parents nor the child sought to be adopted are residents of this state. The trial court concluded that, under such circumstances, it had no jurisdiction and dismissed the adoption proceedings. Appellants, Martin J. and Sandra Gail Pollock, challenge the trial court’s decision here, arguing…